Challenge #67: Something New!

Happy Wednesday and welcome to our Cooking With Cricut Challenge!  We've decided to try something new for the first couple of months of the new year . . . our Design Team members have partnered up and are choosing the theme for our weekly challenges!

This week's "Hostesses" are

Madison  and  Jenny R. 

They chose the theme "Something New."  Here is what they said . . . "You must use something (one thing) you just got, i.e, new cartridge, new paper, new bling . . . and include a Cricut cut.   If you did not get something new, a recent purchase or gift would do just fine.   Be sure to tell us what was new!"

So here is what the Design Team came up with . . .

  

Jenny created this adorable 12" x 12" scrapbook layout using her new

Sesame Street Seasons cartridge.  Check out all the details on her blog! 

Madison made these super cute "thank you" notes using the ZooBalloo, Tear Drop

and Kate's ABCs cartridges.  Her new item was the paper by KI Memories from

the "Fancy Free" paper pack.  Visit her blog for more details!

Kemma used some blending pads she received for Christmas and borrowed

the Give A Hoot cartridge to create this gatefold card.

Check out the details on her blog!

Adrian used some new patterned paper and ribbons along with the

New Arrival cartridge to create this adorable welcome baby card.

Visit her blog for more details.

Heather used her new Copic markers and Cuttlebug embossing folder along with the

Bear Holding Hot Chocolate digi stamp from PaperCraftingWorld.com to create

this cute card.  Check out the details on her blog!

Jill created this fondant covered cake using her new Cricut Cake machine and

Cake Basics cartridge.  Check out all the yummy details at her blog!

Santa was very good to Court this year!  She used her new Kate's ABCs cartridge

to create this pretty floral card along with new ribbon and My Pink Stamper stamps --

and she took the picture with her NEW camera!!  Check out all the details on her blog.

Charlotte created this frosty scene using her new Martha Stewart Seasonal

Cakes and Beyond Birthdays cartridges.  Visit her blog for all the details!

Elizabeth used her new Copic markers and the Art Philosophy cartridge

to create this super cute card for her sister's birthday.  Visit her blog for more details!

Mindy used her new Kate's Kitchen Imagine cartridge to create this fun

and colorful card!  Visit her blog for more details.

Jen didn't receive any new crafting stuff for Christmas, so she tried a new

(to her) technique!  She created this shaped card using the Joys of the Season

cartridge and colored her very first digi stamp, the Bear Holding Hot Chocolate

from PaperCraftingWorld.com.  Visit her blog for more details.

And now its your turn!  Create a project using your Cricut and something new -- either something you received as a gift, recently purchased for yourself or a new technique -- and link it up below.  You could be our latest "Top Chef!"  Here are the guidelines . . . 

• Must follow the challenge topic.
• Must be a NEW project for this challenge.
• No back dated posts please.
• Must have a link back to this post on your blog.
• Must link your project post through Inlinkz and not just your blog.
• Must use your Cricut in some capacity.
• Must HAVE FUN!
• You may gladly combine challenges . . . we love to pile it on TOO!

 ~ The CWC Design Team

P.S.  Mark your calendar!  Our next Blog Hop is Saturday, January 14th & Sunday, January 15th . . . two days of fun with different designers each day!

PCW 1st Challenge of 2012

Good morning crafty friends,

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! We are so excited about all the super fun stuff we have planned here for 2012. The wheels are in motion for some great things! We are looking forward to sharing with you for the next 363 days of 2012!

Welcome to our first PCW Terrific Tuesday challenge of 2012. This challenge is for those that enjoy working with their stamps...digital OR hand AND those that work with “other than cricut” cutters and die cut machines.

If you own a Pazzles, Gazelle, Cameo, Silhouette, Wishblade, KNK, Cougar or other machine, then this challenge is for you! If you use your Sizzix, Big Shot, Grand Calibur, and Cuttlebug then please join in the fun!!! If you are a Cricut and Cricut Product person, then you will want to join our weekly, Wonderful Wednesday Cricut challenge.

Each designer will take turns hosting a challenge by selecting a theme and challenge.

Today’s theme was selected by Designer Evelyn. 

Our theme and challenge is:

Evelyn thought, what a great way to start out the new year than to do a challenge based on a baby theme! Please take a look at what our designers came up with. Challenge guidelines and info. will be at the bottom of the post.

Designer Evelyn created several simply adorable projects for this challenge! Be sure to head over to her blog and give her some love for picking such a fun challenge AND for all the wonderful inspiration!
CLICK HERE

Designer Angie created this adorable card set using the new PCW Baby Set 3. Please head over to Angie’s blog and get all the details.

Designer Christel created this beautiful diaper cake using the new baby Duckies digital stamp set. Hop over to Christel’s blog for all the details.

Designer Mindy created this adorable layout using the Baby Set 1 cutting file set from PCW. Be sure to go to Mindy’s blog for all the wonderful details.

Designer Celeste created this super precious card using the Baby Bear on Moon Cutting file set from PCW. Visit Celeste  for all the beautiful details!

Designer Bonnie created this adorable layout using the soon coming Baby Set 1 Digital Stamp set. Be sure to head over to her blog and get all the wonderful details!

Now it’s your turn to play along! We can’t wait to see what you come up with!

 Here are the guidelines for this challenge.

* Project must be new and for this challenge. Please no back dated posts.

* Project must follow the theme – challenge as described above.

* You must use one of the free files in your project.

* Your project must include either a stamp and or a digital craft cutting file or a die cut from a hand machine die cutter (Spellbinders, Big Shot, Sizzix, Lifestyle Crafts, etc.)

* You will have almost two weeks as this is a bi-weekly challenge.

* Add the link to your project post below. Please link your direct post and not just your blog.

* HAVE FUN!!!!

To help with the challenge: Here are a couple of FREE files to use!
Free during challenge only. 

Heaven Sent FREE Digital Stamp

Find this on PaperCraftingWorld.com

Butterfly N’ Flourish FREE Cutting Files 

Find this on PaperCraftingWorld.com

Rember, you have until Sunday January 15th to enter!

Cartridge Showcase: Art Nouveau

Happy New Year and Welcome to the first Cartridge Showcase of 2012! 

Today Chef Heather is featuring the Cricut Art Nouveau cartridge.  From classic home décor to elegant cards, this cartridge has gorgeously detailed images that you’ll love. It includes accents, animals, insects, monograms and more, plus a font with the characteristic art nouveau curves.

I am so excited to be showcasing one of my favorite cartridges: Art Nouveau. One of the reasons I chose this cartridge is even though it is one of my favorites, I had never used it! You know how that is? So I wanted a chance to play and explore with the beautiful images on this cart. I just LOVE vintage and my favorite era is the 20's. This cartridge has some very beautiful vintage art deco images, including animals, insects, flowers with flourishes and 20's era models as well as borders, frames and 2 beautiful fonts. I wanted to show a little of the versatility of the cartridge, so I have created 3 layouts, 1 card and a framed project to hang in my home.

This is a layout with a vintage look using one of the floral flourishes from Art Nouveau (wisteria) as well as the pretty art deco border and font.

Many of the images on this cart do have multiple layers, but I think the manual makes it easy to figure out what goes where, and it even tells you the minimum size to cut out the image for the best effect. On this card the peacock, peacock feather and the frame are all cuts from Art Nouveau.

Monograms are very popular right now and this cart has 2 beautiful fonts with shadow features and flourishes. I love these fonts for projects where you would want to use a monogram. I created this project with my initial that can be framed to hang in my home.

I have been ITCHING to use one of these gorgeous 20's era 'models' on a project, so I decided to make this layout. She is cut at 8 1/2 inches. This cartridge has several of these full bodied models, as well as "head shots" (not sure how else to describe them!) as shown in this next project. 

For this last project, I had wanted to showcase another card but once I started working, I just had to make it into a layout! I love this paper and this is probably my favorite cut on the entire cartridge, so pretty and elegant. The flourish at the bottom left of the layout is also from this cartridge.

So there are a few examples of the different projects you can create with Art Nouveau. I hope I have inspired you to run out and get one for yourself! Thanks for looking today and Happy crafting!

WOW, Heather!  These projects are just stunning and your paper choices are perfect, too!  Thanks so much for sharing them with us today.

Make sure you stop by tomorrow for our first Challenge of 2012 -- Melin decided to switch it up a bit for January and February . . . the Designers will be teaming up and hosting a Challenge Day with the theme that they chose together!  So hold on to your hats and get ready for some fun as the Design Team takes over every Wednesday!

~ CWC Design Team

P.S.  Don't forget to head over to Heather's blog and let her know how much you liked her showcase!